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Table 5 Social capital as a mediating factor on the association between urban-rural setting and chronic diseases management, among Chinese adults aged 45 years and abovea

From: Socio-economic inequalities in the chronic diseases management among Chinese adults aged 45 years and above: a cross sectional study

Dependent variables

Indirect effect via social participation

Indirect effect via perceived helpfulness

Direct effect

Total effect of urban-rural setting

 

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Health checks

0.0028

(0.0018, 0.0046)

0.0001

(−0.0002, 0.0006)

0.0567

(0.0404, 0.0731)

0.0596

(0.0433, 0.0764)

Hypertension

 Diagnosis

0.0016

(0.0003, 0.0036)

0.0006

(− 0.0007, 0.0024)

0.0576

(0.0252, 0.0893)

0.0598

(0.0283, 0.0950)

Among diagnosed

 Condition monitoring

0.0019

(−0.0003, 0.0054)

− 0.0012

(− 0.0040, 0.0006)

−0.0114

(− 0.0614, 0.0421)

−0.0107

(− 0.0608, 0.0398)

 Health education

0.0016

(0.0004, 0.0042)

−0.0005

(−0.0025, 0.0002)

0.0878

(0.0442, 0.1285)

0.0889

(0.0494, 0.1309)

 On medication

−0.0003

(−0.0029, 0.0017)

0.0004

(−0.0007, 0.0024)

0.0653

(0.0094, 0.1166)

0.0654

(0.0083, 0.1170)

 Control

0.0005

(−0.0008, 0.0033)

0.0002

(−0.0004, 0.0018)

− 0.0002

(− 0.0459, 0.0473)

0.0005

(− 0.0449, 0.0475)

Diabetes

 Diagnosis

0.0018

(−0.0009, 0.0099)

−0.0001

(− 0.0031, 0.0022)

0.1382

(0.0720, 0.1960)

0.1399

(0.0767, 0.2031)

Among diagnosed

 Condition monitoring

0.0038

(−0.0076, 0.0229)

−0.0005

(− 0.0085, 0.0019)

0.1450

(0.0420, 0.2269)

0.1483

(0.0564, 0.2354)

 Health education

0.0013

(−0.0019, 0.0125)

−0.0009

(− 0.0117, 0.0039)

0.0597

(− 0.0291, 0.1806)

0.0601

(− 0.0285, 0.1825)

 On medication

−0.0004

(− 0.0085, 0.0015)

0.0002

(− 0.0021, 0.0063)

0.0573

(− 0.0270, 0.1397)

0.0571

(− 0.0262, 0.1419)

 Control

0.0004

(−0.0027, 0.0081)

0.0007

(−0.0022, 0.0111)

−0.0111

(− 0.1127, 0.0909)

− 0.0100

(− 0.1134, 0.0895)

Dyslipidemia

 Diagnosis

0.0018

(0.0003, 0.0051)

0.0007

(− 0.0002, 0.0019)

0.0780

(0.0365, 0.1081)

0.0805

(0.0393, 0.1097)

Among diagnosed

 On medication

− 0.0009

(− 0.0045, 0.0009)

0.0003

(− 0.0013, 0.0048)

0.0573

(− 0.0329, 0.1076)

0.0567

(− 0.0307, 0.1069)

 Control

−0.0003

(− 0.0051, 0.0018)

− 0.0001

(− 0.0042, 0.0034)

−0.1595

(− 0.2417, − 0.0857)

−0.1599

(− 0.2407, − 0.0835)

  1. a Adjusting for age, sex, marital status, smoke, drink, social health insurance. Bolded coefficients are statistically significant at the P level of 0.05